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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1997
Page
7
New carnivorous dinosaur skeleton found on Isle of Wight
Geologists uncover a 26 foot long, 1000 pound carnivorous dinosaur in eroding Isle of Wight cliffs. The 70 percent complete skeleton, likely larger than velociraptors but smaller than T rex, dates to about 120 million years ago and will be housed in a new island museum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Isle of Wight
England
Steve Hutt
Museum of
Thurs ‘Day
Europe
David Norman
Sedgwick Museum of Geology
Cambridge University
Hutt
Bungee death shocks Super Bowl halftime rehearsal
A bungee jumper, Laura Patterson of Sarasota, died after hitting the Superdome floor during a rehearsal for the Super Bowl halftime show. NF L canceled the stunt. 750 people were in attendance as Jumpers practiced from the upper terrace. Patterson’s injuries were fatal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Superdome
National Football League
Laura Patterson
Sarasota
Fla
Eddie Chelette
Chelette
Select Productions International
NFL
Paul Tagliabue
James Brown
ZZ Top
Dan Aykroyd
James Belushi
John Goodman
PepsiCo spin off to form new restaurant company
PepsiCo will spin off its restaurant arm, including KFC, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell, but Wichita facility will not see immediate changes. The Wichita operation employs about 900 people and manages accounting and computer systems for the restaurant brands. The new entity would rank second to McDonald's in global sales and be the largest by unit count with about 29,000 restaurants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
PepsiCo Inc
PepsiCo
Kansas
Pizza Hut
Elaine Franklin
Purchase
N.Y
Pepsi
McDonald's Corp
New Life group plans survey to save Ottawa Middle School
The community group New Life for an Old School has met twice weekly to halt demolition of Ottawa Middle School north building and the multipurpose room. After a 90 day demolition delay granted Jan 13, they will conduct a March survey to gauge public support for rehabilitating the site as senior housing and community space with Metro Plains as a potential developer. Contact Jeanette Lowry or Louise Dietz to help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa Middle School
Ottawa Board of Education
Jeanette Lowry
Lowry
Metro Plains
Louise Dietz
Rantoul fixes water line break prompt early control
The mayor's husband reported low water pressure in Rantoul around 5 15 a m. City worker Brett Jackson fixed the issue by 8 a m at the y s pump station after a line connection break. The town serves 96 customers and buys water from Franklin Rural Water District No 6 while also using its wells.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antoul
Franklin County
Pat Hutchinson
Rantoul
Brett Jackson
Hutchinson
Franklin Rural Water District No. 6
Cohen sworn in as new U S defense secretary
Former Sen. William Cohen of Maine was sworn in as defense secretary by Vice President Gore in the Oval Office. President Clinton praised the Senate 99 to 0 confirmation as bipartisan and Cohen said he would serve on a bipartisan team for national security.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ron Fournier
Associated Press
Ashington
William Cohen
Maine
Clinton
Cohen
al Gore
Oval Office
Senate
Bill Cohen
Cancer blood-vessel therapy shows tumor death in mice
Scientists report a method that starves tumors by clogging their blood vessels, causing cancer cells to die within a day. In mice, 38 percent had tumors disappear after two weeks and 24 percent saw more than half shrinkage, suggesting potential for less toxic cancer treatments pending human tests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Ashington
Philip Thorpe
University of Texas’ Southwestern Medical Center
James Pluda
National Cancer Institute
Dunbar Honored For Conservation Service After 35 Years
Ibert Dunbar was honored at the Franklin County Conservation District meeting for 35 years on the Board of Supervisors. He and Dorothy received a pendulum clock with a plaque. Dunbar, a Richmond-area farmer, has held multiple roles and will retire from the board while remaining a district spokesman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Tellier
Herald
Ibert Dunbar
Franklin County Conservation
Conservation District
Lake Region Resource, Conservation and Development Council
Franklin County Planning Commission
Dunbar
Richmond
Franklin County
Dorothy
Steve Froggatte
Board of Supervisors
Unbar
Karl Eisele
Leroy
Ruth
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West Franklin
Jay Thornton Reid Harder
Ottawa
S. Maple
Ottawa Fire Department
OMS
U.S. Defense
Cancer Treatment Advance
By Lauran Neergaard
Harvard University
Judah Folkman
James Hartman
Central Heights
Kansas Association of Conservation Districts
Hartman
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